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Chapter 22

Raven

With Max on my hip, I walked with Lexa into the exa, and every time I saw her tears, the desire to eviscerate Fontana caain I hoped I’d killed whoever had shot irl

Maybe he had been one of the two I’d taken out that night

But in my mind, Fontana was the cause of Lexa’s tears He hy she was in so h any of this

I held out ly placed the one that wasn’t connected to her aching arm in it to steady herself as she climbed onto the exam table I sat her brother down beside her, then tossed the diaper bag in one of the chairs against the opposite wall

“Poor little lamb,” Mable, Doc Robertson’s oldest and sweetest nurse, said soothingly as she took Lexa’s teood arm

I rubbed Lexa’s back while the cuff squeezed her arain Max didn’t like that his sister was so unhappy and tried to clietting me a few supplies for later and had offered to take hi either of ht today Call it mother’s intuition, or paranoia after what happened to Jos and Hawk the night before, but I couldn’t shake this feeling of unease

I knew my best friend and soon-to-be sister-in-laould have protectedof not having him with me

Fuck, I needed to cal the better ofto have a full-on meltdown

Mable finally finished up just as a knock came at the door, and Doc walked in He smiled warmly at Lexa and produced two suckers as he approached the table Max snatched his before I could even say a word, expertly ripping off the paper and stuffing it into his mouth, while Lexa was more hesitant

Good girl

Her allergies scared us all half to death, but now that she was getting older and questioning everyone who offered her food, I was able to relax a littlewhile I wasn’t around Still, I kept a supply of EpiPens everywhere

Doc’s smile increased “No worries here, Lexa I et are made in a nut-free environment just for you”

Her smile was pitiful as she finally accepted the sucker and carefully unwrapped it before putting it in her mouth